Coin or token holder.



- Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

M BUCHRIM com 0R TOKEN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE I. 1914.

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ture ofafollower which, in connection with proper indicia noted upon the outs1desu-r face of: the casing or' holder, instantly indicates to the user the number of slu-gs or tokens that have been used, or the money value of the slugs or tokens, that hav ej been taken from the holder. It is especially adapted for telephone: subscribers" use, whereby they may be able to tell at any time," at a.

glance, whether or not they have used the allotted number of slugs or tokens provided for in their telephone contract. Without a definite knowledge of the number of tokens or coins used within a given month, the telephone subscriber may use his telephone extravagantly, or more than necessary, or upon the other hand, not knowing how many calls he has made he may be short of the allotted number at the end of the specified time and thereby fail to receive the full service for which he is paying.

Another object of my invention is to generally improve structures of this character.

Other and further objects of my invention will become readily apparent to persons skilled in the art from a consideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of the device with parts broken away showing the manner of inserting the inclosed follower. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section taken through the upper portion, in a plane including the upper attaching ear. Fig. 3 is a plan bottom View of same.

5 is a cylinder, or brass tube, of proper diameter provided with a longitudinally eX- tending slot 6 and a transverse intersecting slot 7 near its bottom. Just under the transverse slot is an annular portion 8, providing Speciifieatioii of Letters Pate lit? BU HR M, i zen of the United States-,{residing atChicago,rin the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and-use:

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Application filed June 1 ,1914. seriainb; 842,095.

a .p st i sta k .o c i s r I- e i-t at to be contaimed Wlillll-Il the cylinder, or tube. Thebottori} vi'ew,'shown in Fig. 3, indicates;

a ly he p g9 throug w ich e fin? ger, of the user may make frictional contact with the lowest coin;o r token of the} stack. umera v otat st 1 a ll, a ma i vertical columns oneach side of the longitud inal slot 6., In the particular eXenrpl-ifi cation, even numbers are arranged in one,

coli -mn and oddnumbers in the other, on the respective oppositesides ofthe: slot. Attachig i a 1 am preferably cut. from the body part of thetn'be and arebent ta-n.

gent ially int o a common plane to provide ea for Sec g t e re ptacle. in a yes tical position, and they, are perforated as at fo reception'of thQIpi H igSC QW -H A following indicator 415, is disk shaped,

is. adapted to move freely within the; cyliner 1 n is pr v ded with an. indicator osses. l6, Wh chn jects o gh-the sletfi',v

and'is intended to indicate notations in each of. the column; .of figures that are arranged vertically on each side of the slot. The vertical slot 6 is enlarged at the top, as at 17 for insertion of the follower indicator 15, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In the use of the device a stack of slugs or tokens each equal to thickness of a five cent piece or nickels or a stack of five cent pieces or nickels is placed in the tube 6 until the uppermost one is in line with the numeral 5, on the right hand side of the slot. The indicating follower 15 is then placed in the tube as in the manner shown, the index portion 16, projecting through the enlarged slot 17, the neck 16 being somewhat greater in length than the thickness of the tube 6. The tokens or coins rest upon the perforated bottom, or the rim 8, that is left of the bottom portion, and the indicator then rests upon the topmost coin of the stack. When it is desired to use a coin or token, the finger is applied to the opening 9 made in the bottom and contact is made with the bottom coin. It is then pulled laterally of the axis of the tube 6 until it passes out through the transverse slot 7. When the coin is removed from the receptacle the stack of coins will descend a distance equal to the thickness of the coin taken or removed therefrom and the follower 15 will then be opposite the numeral 5, indicating that 5 cents, or a single coin or token has been removed from the stack. As the coins are removed, in the manner described, the follower 15 will continue to descend and the pointer 16 will indicate the face value of the number of coins that have been removed from the receptacle or if desired, the numerals may run from 1 to any number desired, within the capacity of the receptacle, and therefore the number of coins will be indicated instead of their value, as shown. The smaller numbers always being located at the top of the receptacle and gradually increasing in value toward the bottom. For

the purpose of convenience the odd numbers may be arranged on one side of the slot and the even numbers upon the other. After the last coin has been removed from the receptacle the pointer 16 will indicate $2.50 the fact that the coins or tokens representing $2.50 in value, have been taken from the receptacle, and thus by this easy and convenient means account is kept of of slugs, tokens or nickels as desired, and

the operation may be repeated.

While'I have herein shown asingle em- I bodiment of my invention for the purpose of clear disclosure, it is evident that changes Copies of this patent may be obtained for'five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

may be made in unessential details without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim;

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

A token receptacle comprising a vertical, open ended tubular body part, a base therefor having an opening of area less than the I transverse area of the tube, said tube being transversely slotted at its lower end to permit removal of a token, and vertically slotted, said vertical slot extending upwardly from the transverse slot to a point adjacent the upper end of the tube, the

upper end portion of the tube being periph-' i erally. unbroken, a follower adapted to fit within the tube above the token, and an indicating pointer carried by the follower and projecting through the vertical slot, the end of said pointer overlying the edges of said slot, the upper end portion of which is I transversely enlarged to permit the, insertion or removal of said follower and pointer through the upper end of the tube.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

7 MAX BUCHRIM. In the presence of- Fomin BAIN,

MARY F. ALLEN.

Washington, D. C. 

